ClassFlow
Class Flow: History of Technology
[Free Registration/Login Required] This teaches students that the history of technology did not start with the computer age.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Living in the Information Age
Read about the technological advances that brought on the information age at the beginning of the 21st century. The internet, e-mail, and the spread of fiber-optic cables revolutionized the amount of information available to the ordinary...
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Charles Babbage
Learn about Charles Babbage; computer pioneer, philosopher, politician, newtonian, industrialist who lived from 1791 to 1871.
Other
Ed Web: Trends in Education Reform
A chapter (of a hyperbook entitled Exploring Technology and School Reform) that looks at the history of educational reform. The paper also examines the changes in education that have been produced. There are links to discussions of when...
Other
D Green: The First Generation Computers
Discusses the first generation computers, the Bendix G-15, and first generation technologies.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Charles Babbage
This is a brief biography of Charles Babbage, also known as the "Father of Computing".
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Carbons to Computers Fax
The Smithsonian Institution provides the lifeline of the fax machine and of its uses in the business world.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Us: A Society in Transition
The 1980s were a time of tremendous change in the US. Computer technology, an increase in service-sector jobs, changing population patterns, homosexuality, AIDS, and changing immigration patterns were just some of the changes Americans...
Library of Congress
Loc: Tortuguero Box
With the help of computer technology you can virtually explore this wooden box artifact from all sides. Also see a gallery of other Mayan art.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
One of the finest sites of its kind on the Internet, ArtsEdge is dedicated to supporting arts education through such initiatives as curriculum development, cross-curricular teaching, and technology integration. Find arts-related...
PBS
Pbs: A Science Odyssey
Website for the PBS series "A Science Odyssey." Numerous opportunities to explore the people and discoveries of science.
Columbia University
Columbia University: The Ibm 1401
The IBM 1401 Data Processing System was IBM's first affordable general-purpose computer. It was introduced in 1959 and was IBM's first computer to sell over 10,000 units. This site describes the history of the 1401, the technology that...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Wearable Computing
Take an academic look at wearable computing with this site from MIT. Check out the research currently going on at the institution, including "fashion shows" of various devices. Also contains "A Brief History of Wearable Computing Timeline".
Other
Beanz: Hidden Figures
Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, and Katherine Johnson not only helped make history, they are part of a long line of women in computing.
Other
Looper's Delight: Home Page
An interesting loop-based music site featuring loop-based artists, performances, tools, tips and tricks, and more.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America? Gary Kildall
A technology industry urban legend claims that Kildall went flying rather than meet with IBM, thus causing IBM to market Microsoft's inferior operating system, changing the course of computer history. The story is untrue.
Other
University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....